*Says Moral Decadence In Nigeria Has Reached An Intolerable Level
*Laments Corruption in the Judiciary
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Legal luminary, Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, has lamented the breakdown of morals and the promotion of lawlessness against law and order in Nigeria.
The learned silk made the remarks on his Twitter handle, @jibrinSAN, on Friday, following the recently held presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25.
Okutepa noted that as long as nobody is held accountable, Nigeria cannot progress.
Probably alluding to the failure of the judiciary in the country, he said: “see evil sitting in judgment”, noting that those who are supposed to determine the substantiality of wrongs, evidently judges, are themselves not clean.
He also lamented the abuse of the countries’ national resources, adding that the national resources are not being used well.
Okutepa tweeted: “Any society that people are not held accountable cannot progress. That is why Nigeria is where we are. Nobody is accountable. People are lawless.
Citizens too preferred lawlessness to law and order. Nigerians like to cut corners. Everything seems upside down. A nation without order.
For me the governors and the governed are the same. We celebrate lawlessness so long as we benefit from it.
We argue whether wrong done is substantial to be accommodated. Those who determined the substantiality of wrongs are themselves not clean. See evil sitting in judgment.
The moral decadence in Nigeria has reached intolerable levels. There is moral decadence in all strata of life. How we got here amazes me.
Those we trusted our destiny into their hands are evils continually. Nobody does good. No, no one. Our national resources are not being used well.”
The learned silk also lamented the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free, fair and credible elections, demanding that we do away with the culture of irresponsibility” Tweeting further on Saturday, he wrote:
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